Why is it that the cosmos and man thinking about the cosmos came into being? Especially since we know that in the beginning nature's laws were not yet definite. Such is the central question of the book first published in 2004 in which Walter Thirring, a top scientist, lays down his thoughts about the final questions.

All-encompassing knowledge, fantasy and dry humour define his approach.

Many striking examples illustrate the fine-tuned structure of the universe which nevertheless cannot be explained in its totality. Albert Einstein once said that science without religion is drab, religion without science is blind.

About the author:

University Professor Dr Walter Thirring was born in 1927. He is one of the most renowned scientists of the age within the field of Theoretical Physics. 1953-54: Member of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies; contact with Schrödinger, Heisenberg, Einstein, Pauli. 1956-57: Visiting Professor at MIT, Cambridge and subsequently the University of Washington at Seattle, then went on to teach physics in Bern and Vienna. 1968-1971: Head of the Theoretical Department of CERN. He is credited with approximately 150 scientific papers, many awards, i.e., Eötvös-Medaille, the Erwin-Schrödinger Prize, Max-Planck-Medaille, Honorary Doctorate from the Comenius University, Bratislava, and the Henri-Poincare Prize from the International Association of Mathematical Physics. Thirring's great love is music, above all organ and composition.